São Paulo Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2019) Winner
Tiago Ferro
チアゴ・フェロ
Tiago Ferro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
Career
- Occupations
- writer, editor, university lecturer
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- University of São Paulo
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Prêmio Jabuti | O pai da menina morta | — | Prêmio Jabuti organization | 受賞 |
Prêmio Jabuti
2018
Work:
O pai da menina morta
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti organization
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
O pai da menina morta
2018 novelA novel written after the death of the author's daughter Manu. It delicately explores loss and grief, the relationship between parent and child, memory and recovery.
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Bibliography
- O pai da menina morta (2018)
- Editor of the magazine Peixe-elétrico (publisher: e-galáxia)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- autobiographicallyricalintrospective
- Recurring Motifs
- deathmemoryparent-child relationship
Legacy
Recognized for confronting personal loss in his fiction, he won the 2018 Prêmio Jabuti and is regarded as an important contemporary Brazilian writer. As an editor and founder of an independent press he has also influenced the national literary scene.
Trivia
- His daughter Manu died in 2016 at age eight; this event prompted him to write fiction.
- Founder of the independent publisher e-galáxia and editor of the literary magazine Peixe-elétrico.
- The magazine featured contributions from notable figures such as Umberto Eco, Fredric Jameson, and Juan Villoro.